SpaceX delays rocket launch carrying Italian satellite due to bad weather

The launch is now set for Saturday (Jan. 29) at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Earth-observation radar satellite for Italy stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of an attempted launch on Jan. 28, 2022.Falcon 9 rocket

was originally supposed to launch the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday evening , but thick clouds and strong winds forced a 24-hour delay."We were hopeful that weather conditions were going to improve for liftoff, but unfortunately we are standing down from today's attempt,"production manager Jessie Anderson said during a webcast of today's launch attempt.

You can watch Saturday's attempt — which will include a landing of the Falcon 9's first stage at Cape Canaveral shortly after liftoff —

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